| CODE | LAS1082 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | The Art of Maltese Bobbin Lace 1 | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | I - Introductory Level | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Centre for the Liberal Arts and Sciences | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This Unit introduces the Art of Bobbin Lace as has been traditionally made in Malta since the Renaissance and all through the reign of the Knights and British Rule until the present time. In the European context, Maltese Lace has continuously adjusted its style to compete with the demands of fashionable lace in European markets and elsewhere. At the same time the method of making Maltese Lace with its stitches and designs, managed to survive as unique in the lace world, hence meriting the title as “one of the oldest bobbin laces of Europe”. These characteristics will be dealt with within the time frame of the women’s life style of our times, making it easier for the young generation to be attracted to this art as well. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: • Identify real hand-made lace from machine imitations; • Recognise the Maltese technique with its derivation from older classic laces in Spain, France, Belgium and important lace regions in Britain; • Understand and describe the construction of a design for making bobbin lace by the Maltese Lace technique; • Create small projects which can be sold as souvenirs of Malta. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: • Start, lift and finish a lace piece when on a straight line, a curve or a corner; • Choose the appropriate size of thread for each particular design; • Produce a design to incorporate the stitches taught, starting from Whole Stitch, Half Stitch to Net, Trellis, Spider, Rose, Plaits and Picots, Leaf (Moska); • Reproduce a pattern from an old lace; • Resize a design to given measurements; • Calculate the shrinkage in lace. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - C. Azzopardi (1991), Gozo Lace Introduction, Gozo Press. - C. Azzopardi (2019), Maltese Lace History & Mystery, Kite Group, Malta. - Lace Day Patterns 2000-2010 – edited & published by Koperattiva Għawdxija tal-Bizzilla u Artiġjanat Ltd. - Is-Seher tal-Bizzilla – magazine in English & Maltese published by Malta Lace Guild. - Bulletin OIDFA – quarterly magazine, English & French published by the International Organisation of Bobbin and Needle lace. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-Requisite knowledge, skills and competences: Good knowledge in English | ||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lectures, Practicum & Project | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Consiglia Azzopardi (Co-ord.) David Azzopardi |
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